Drinks – Alcoholic

HARD-EARNED SOOSHI MANGO

Posted on February 21st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Aussie YouTuber comedians turned winemakers Sooshi Mango have released their refreshingly new ad campaign for their product Italiano, set to VB’s iconic hook. Brothers Joe and Carlo Salanitri and friend Andrew Manfre began doing YouTube skits together about growing up

AUSTRALIA’S HOTTEST BEERS FOR 2023

Posted on January 30th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
As has become the tradition, the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular's (GABS) Hottest 100 list was announced over the weekend, this year crowning a newcomer to the competition. The GABS Hottest 100 is released late January, following Australia Day, celebrating the

DIAGEO SNAPS UP COFFEE LIQUEUR CONNOISSEURS MR BLACK

Posted on September 30th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Diageo has swooped on another skyrocketing start-up, acquiring Australian coffee-based spirits brand Mr Black, to meet the consumer demand for crafted cocktails. Mr Black was launched in 2013 in the NSW Central Coast by designer Tom Baker and award-winning distiller

ALH FREEHOLD ON THE BLOCK

Posted on September 30th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
A private investor has listed blue-chip investment the Crown Inn, on a long lease to Australia’s largest publican, ALH Group.   Located in the Adelaide suburb of Old Reynella, the Crown occupies a commanding 6,550sqm site in the heart of

PAUL JOHN AND SAZERAC EXPANDING WHISKY

Posted on August 26th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Further expanding the ubiquity of the whisky market, Paul John Distillery’s Mithuna in India has nabbed a podium position in Jim Murray’s hugely influential Whisky Bible. Becoming the world’s first-ever full-time whisky writer more than 25 years’ ago, Jim Murray

NEW RELEASE HEARTBREAK PINOT GIN FINDING TRUTH IN NAME

Posted on May 6th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Acclaimed Victorian distillery Bass & Flinders has put forth its much anticipated second release of the sell-out Heartbreak Pinot Gin, in a nod and complement to the ‘Heartbreak’ grape. The distillery’s inaugural release of Heartbreak Pinot-Noir Gin sold out in

GABS CRAFT BEER RESULTS FOR 2021

Posted on January 31st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Australia has voted for its favourite craft beer of 2021, in the latest Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS), welcoming back Bentspoke’s triumphant Crankshaft American IPA. After an anti-socialising pandemic and the latest viral strain made for a challenging festive season

COOL SUMMER BEER RELEASES

Posted on November 17th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Warmer weather is producing the customary bloom of new brews, forecasting drinking trends for the approaching summer. Modus Brewing has launched Modus Cerveza, billed as a crisp, easy-drinking classic beer, inspired by coastal Mexico and “the perfect thirst quencher” for

LION LETS LOOSE XXXX DRY

Posted on September 22nd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Following the success of its release in the northern states last year, Lion has announced the national launch of XXXX Dry. Despite being made available only in Queensland and the Northern Territory, XXXX Dry became the biggest beer launch in

HOT BEER RELEASES FOR WINTER

Posted on May 31st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
This month the biggest celebrations in Australian beer took place, and some of the strongest players were not shy putting their best new flavours forward. Current titleholder of the #1 beer on the GABS Top100 for 2021, Canberra’s BentSpoke Brewing